Tent-rack.



J. TAYLOR, la.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

Attorneys UTTED ST JOSEPH TAYLOR, JR, or sAco, MAINE.

TENT-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

Application filed April 20, 1914. Serial No. 833,264.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH TAYLOR, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Saco, in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Tent-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tent racks and more particularly to a rack for the support of clothes and other articles.

An object of the present invention is to provide a rack for the support of clothes or other articles, which includes novel means for attaching it to the tent pole or similar support.

A further object is to provide a collapsible rack which may be easily and quickly removed from the supporting pole and conveniently packed to occupy a small space, and which may either be held stationary or rotatably upon the pole.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, the preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated, in which Figure 1 is a fragmental view of a pole with the improved rack secured thereto, portions of the rack being broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the rack, parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of one of the brackets.

In the drawings, a tent pole 4 of circular cross section has been illustrated. A ring 5 is permanently secured to the pole by suitable securing means 6 and is provided with a number of apertures 7 therein in which hooks 8 are adapted to be secured. The ring is provided with an upstanding annular flange 9 defining with the surface ofthe pole an annular recess or pocket 10 which is adapted to receive the lower reduced end 10' of a sectional head 11. The head 11 com prises arcuate sections adapted to surround the pole and to be withdrawn from within the annular flange 9, so that the two halves or sections of the head may be separated and removed from the pole.

The annular sectional head 11 is provided intermediate its ends with an outstanding shoulder or ledge 12 above which, a detachable clamping ring or collar 1 1 embraces the upper ends of the head sections. The ring 14: has a bolt 16 connecting its ends, whereby when the bolt is tightened the ring 14: will clamp the sections of the head tightly and non-rotatably against the pole, and whereby when the bolt 16 is loosened, the head may be rotated upon the ring 5. The ring ll is formed of two sections hingedly secured together as at 15, allowing for its easy removal from the pole.

The sections of the head are provided with a number of radial webs 17 between the shoulders 12 and upper portion of the head and arranged in pairs between which the brackets 18 are pivoted. The brackets or bracket arms, as illustrated in Fig. 3, are of I-beam construction which is particularly adapted for the purpose, due primarily to the inherent strength of such construction, and secondarily to the fact that the webs 22 of the beams with the outstanding flanges 19 define grooves for the housing of hooks 21, which may fold against the webs as illustrated at one side of Fig. 3, or which may be swung outwardly therefrom as illustrated upon the opposite side of the said figure. The upper and lower flanges 19 of the brackets are provided with the alined apertures 20 extending therethrough into which the extremities of the doubled wire hooks 21 are engaged for pivotal motion. The brackets may be made of any length consistent with the articles to be supported and for which reason a plurality of hooks 21 are provided for each bracket. The webs 22 of the brackets are extended and project between the webs 17 and are pivoted therein by means of bolts 2 L engaged through apertures 23 provided in the webs.

The brackets may be swung upwardly out of the way, and will be supported by the shoulder 12 when they are swung downwardly to a horizontal position. The brackets are provided with slots 25 adjacent their free ends through which a holding strap may be engaged for holding the brackets up against the pole as illustrated. in dotted lines in Fig. 1;

The head may be provided with a number of hooks 26 similar to the hooks 8 of the ring 5 and which are detachably engaged in apertures 27 provided in the head for their reception. The segmental manner in which the head is formed, allows the rack to be readily removed from the pole and packed in small space for its convenient transportation. The rack may also be removed at such times that it becomes an obstruction rather than an article of necessity or convenience.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is A rack comprising a head including ar-V cuate sections adapted to surround a pole, a ring adapted to be secured upon the pole and having an upstanding annular flange, the lower end of the head being reduced and arranged to fit within the said flange, a clamping ring embracing the upper ends of the sections of the head, and bracket arms pivoted to the sections of the head to swing upwardly, the head sections having shoulders for supporting the bracket arms when they are swung downward.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH TAYLOR, JR.

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